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How to Make a Yarn Pom Pom

Sonya is mama to an adorable little dude, blogger at Parlor: Diary of A Hairdresser, and a knitter. She’s here today to give us a step by step on making poms poms from yarn, you don’t need to have mad knitting skills to make them, this tute makes it simple and clear. Also, her blog is amazing, lots of great tips and tutes for having fabulous hair even with little time and kiddos to care for, so make sure to check out Parlor!

Cut two donut shapes from a piece of cardboard. Mine were 3 � inches in diameter with a 1 � inch hole in the center. You can use a compass if you have one or just use something round with about these dimensions and trace them � it doesn�t have to be perfect.

Place both cardboard donuts together. Thread your yarn onto a yarn needle. Wrap it through the center
and up around both pieces of cardboard.

Repeat:

Repeat until the entire donut has been covered. The more yarn you use, the fuller your pom pom will be.

Next carefully cut the yarn around the edge (the blade of your scissors should go between the two pieces of cardboard).

Now it looks like this.

Then wiggle another piece of yarn between the two pieces of cardboard.

Pull it tight.

Tie.

Remove the cardboard. If necessary, trim the pom pom to make it rounder, leaving the ends you used to tie it together to fasten it to your hat. Done!

Sonya will be back soon with some knitting patterns for us, but in the meantime get your hair all spiffy, check out ParlorDiary.com.

This technique works great–it's how I used to make all of my pompoms. But then I invested in a set of pompom "molds" (the semicircles that snap together: http://www.amazon.com/Susan-Bates-Easy-Wrap-Maker/dp/B0019KHGL6), and my pompom-making experience has improved exponentially. A set of four different sizes of the plastic "molds" costs under $5 and are a LOT easier–and FASTER!–to use than cardboard circles. Winding yarn around a semicircle takes a fraction of the time needed to "sew" it in place with a darning needle. I shun unnecessary crafting expenses, but I consider the semicircle pompom makers to be a sanity-saving worthwhile investment.

I am not a knitter (yet) but still find many uses for pom-poms, and I just use the finger method! Here is basic diagram: http://nabell1.tripod.com/nppp/howtomake.htmlUse 2 fingers for a small pom pom ( I wrap about 50 times) Around 3 fingers or a bigger one (I wrap about 75+ times) and so one. Vary the amount of times you wrap it to vary the fullness, and trim to the desired length. So easy!

I love it! I see so many cute hats with the pompoms! Who knew it was so easy to make them!! My mother-in-law does a TON of crocheting and these would be super cute on top of her hats she makes! She's going to teach me next time we go for a visit! I'm so excited! Thanks for sharing!

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This worked really well for me!
Well, at first the pom-pom was cut in half…
But then I realized that I needed to tie it even more tighter…
So I did it and it worked!!!!
YAY!!!
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!

How GREAT! THIS IS JUST WHAT I NEEDED. THANK YOU. I plan to put these on the ends of gloves for the cheerleaders. My hubby happens to be the team liaison and he told the other Mom’s about how I saw some gloves with pom poms (on the ends of the finger tips) in a catalog and the Mom’s went nuts over them & said they were so excited about them. I know you can buy tools and molds and perhaps in the future I may if I get “pom pom fever” – hehe. However, I plan on making them using your method b/c (A) it will be cheaper, (B) knowing they were made by hand will make it all the better and (C) my daughter (on the squad) will love them!

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